Clinical Examination and Self-Reported Upper Extremity Impairments in Patients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Kerstin Gutefeldt, Simon Lundstedt, Ingrid S. M. Thyberg, Margareta Bachrach-Lindström, Hans J. Arnqvist, Anna Spångeus

“…UEIs observed by clinical examination were often bilateral, and multiple impairments often coexisted. …”
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Implementing a Care Model for Bedridden Stroke Survivors: A Qualitative Study in Northeastern Thailand by Panpanit L, Jongudomkarn D, Doungmungkorn A, Boontoch K, Neelasmith S, Manorat M, Maneerat T

“…Its adoption by local administrative organizations could provide ongoing support, offering a scalable solution for improving the care of bedridden individuals both in Thailand and globally.Keywords: the KKU Bedridden Care Model, community caregivers, family caregivers, stroke survivors, long-term care, Northeastern Thailand…”
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Influence of Effective Nucleon Mass on Equation of State for Supernova Simulations and Neutron Stars by Shuying Li, Junbo Pang, Hong Shen, Jinniu Hu, Kohsuke Sumiyoshi

“…This EOS table is designed to offer insights into the influence of the effective nucleon mass on the EOS within a relativistic framework, particularly above the saturation density. …”
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Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections Using Technologies Based on Nucleic Acid Detection by François J Picard, Michel G Bergeron

“…Novel diagnostic tests based on the detection of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) offer a great potential for the rapid (approximately 1 h) diagnosis of bacterial infections. …”
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Effect of maternal cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy on birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors in infants, children and adolescents: a systematic re... by Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Tammy Charlene Hartel, André Oelofse, Juléy Janice Abigail De Smidt

“…However, the direct and indirect effects of prenatal cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy on cardiometabolic risk in offspring have been rather inconsistent. This may be attributed to multiple factors, such as the amount and timing of exposure to tobacco smoking and alcohol during pregnancy; the influence of maternal, environmental and socioeconomic factors; or how risk factors were defined by individual researchers and studies. …”
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Multiple Comorbidities, Psychiatric Disorders, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Adults with Essential Tremor: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Large US Comme... by Dingwei Dai, Ali Samiian, Joaquim Fernandes, Henriette Coetzer

“…**Background:** Essential tremor (ET), the most common movement disorder, often impairs patients’ ability to perform activities of daily living, mental health, and quality of life. …”
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Plasma biomarkers for predicting heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction by Guihong Rong, Xiao Wang, Xinling Qin, Yanxia Wang, Meilian Quan, Chunfeng Xi

“…The AUC of NLR to predict HF after AMI was 0.632 (95%CI: 0.542-0.723), P=0.010, with a cut-off value of (3.86×109)/L, GDF-15 was 0.661 (95%CI: 0.560-0.763), P=0.002, with a cutoff value of 1.35 ng/mL, and NT-proBNP was 0.82 (95%CI: 0.723-0.876), P<0.001, with a cut-off value of 1444 pg/mL. …”
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A Review of the Detection Methods for Climate Regime Shifts by Qunqun Liu, Shiquan Wan, Bin Gu

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Music as a (Science as a) Liberal Art at Princeton by Aaron Girard

“…The influence of ‘scientific’ methodology and discourse on the design of Princeton University’s research programs in music theory and composition has often been asserted, but never adequately defended or contextualized. …”
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Teen Relationship Abuse Research Study by Donna Davis

“…“When we think of violence between intimate partners, we often think of domestic abuse between adult men and women, and most often between husbands and wives. …”
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W poszukiwaniu wiarygodnych metod pomiaru skuteczności budowania marek miast by Anna Augustyn, Magdalena Florek, Marta Hereźniak

“…Szczególną uwagę poświęcono koncepcji kapitału marki terytorialnej, który jest propozycją kompleksowego ujęcia skuteczności podejścia marketingowego wyrażonego w kategoriach marki, uwzględniającego przede wszystkim perspektywę nabywców oferty jednostek samorządowych.Projektując system pomiaru skuteczności strategii marki miasta, podmioty publiczne powinny rozpocząć od ustalenia czym jest marka miejsca, jakie funkcje pełni i jaki jest potencjalny zakres jej oddziaływania. …”
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A simple new method to determine leaf specific heat capacity by Jiayu Zhang, Elias Kaiser, Hanyi Zhang, Leo F. M. Marcelis, Silvere Vialet-Chabrand

“…However, thermal imaging under natural non-steady state conditions is currently limited by the difficulty of quantifying thermal properties of leaves, especially specific heat capacity (Cp). Existing literature offers only rough estimates of Cp and lacks simple and accurate methods to determine it. …”
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‘É Preciso não Morrer para não Matar’: a Máquina de Guerra by Lúcia Almeida da Silva, Fernanda Spanier Amador

“…Ao longo da pesquisa, realizada com professores da rede pública municipal, propomos entender que tal máquina se constitui dessas resistências, a partir das quais os sujeitos criam estratégias de enfrentamento para as controvérsias do trabalho, inventando novas normas de vida e ampliando a potência de saúde no e pelo ofício. …”
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Exploring Cartographic Differences in Web Map Applications: Evaluating Design, Scale, and Usability by Jakub Zejdlik, Vit Vozenilek

“…For instance, Google Maps does not display forest symbols on its default map, which can reduce clarity, whereas Mapy.cz offers the most comprehensive range of analytical tools. …”
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Masculinité et relations de genre dans la société secrète abakuá by Géraldine Morel

“…Indeed, its organization and its system of recruitment based on individual merit are at odds with that of people practising Santería or Palo Monte because these other Afro-Cuban cults are an exchange between gods and humans (trance, sacrifice or divination) and have an influence on everyday life problems.In fact, being abakuá implies a hyper-masculine, machismo gender construction. This article offers an analysis of the abakuá commitment from the perspective of gender and its representation in a public sphere. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS OF SUSTAINABILITY: AN EVALUATION OF KEY FACTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED INSTITUTIONS by Zineb ZNAGUI

“…This study contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms governing sustainability in KBIs and offers valuable insights for practitioners and policy-makers wishing to advance sustainable development in these influential sectors.…”

Residual β-Cell Function in Type 1 Diabetes Followed for 2 Years after 3C Study by Kun Lin, Xiaoping Yang, Yixi Wu, Shuru Chen, Qiong Zeng

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis indicated that the cut-off point of stimulated C-peptide was 0.615 pmol/mL in patients with <5 years duration to have 7% HbA1c. …”
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The Economic Impact of COVID-19 Treatment at a Hospital-level: Investment and Financial Registers of Brazilian Hospitals by Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Ricardo Bertoglio Cardoso, Milena S Marcolino, Karen Brasil Ruschel, Ana Paula Coutinho, Elayne Crestani Pereira, Fernando Anschau, Fernando Aranha, Filipe Carrilho, Giovanna Vietta, Gisele Alsina Nader Bastos, Joanna d’Arc Lyra Batista, José Miguel Chatkin, Juliana da Silva Nogueira, Leila Beltrami Moreira, Luciana Haddad, Maiara Floriani, Marília Teixeira de Siqueira, Patrícia Ziegelmann, Petrônio José de Lima Martelli, Roberta Pozza, Umbelina Cravo Teixeira Lagioia, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Luciane Kopittke

“…**Methods:** This research covers the initial findings of “COVID-19 hospital costs and the proposition of a bundled reimbursement strategy for the health-care system,” which includes 10 hospitals. The chief financial officer, the chief medical officer, and hospital executives of each participating hospital provided information regarding investments attributed to COVID-19 patient treatment. …”
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TPX2 Serves as a Cancer Susceptibility Gene and Is Closely Associated with the Poor Prognosis of Endometrial Cancer by Jun Wang, Hua Zheng, Hui He, Shuying Meng, Yatian Han, Zhe Su, Hanbing Yan, Yanan Zhang

“…Calibration and DCA analyses confirmed the robustness and clinical usefulness of the nomogram. Conclusion. We offer novel insights into the pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms of EC. …”
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O rei que esmorece e a rainha sanhuda by Inês Olaia

“…We will study the emotional palette expressed by the kingdom’s official chronicler and perceived by his Portuguese medieval readers in an attempt to understand how it sustains the rise to the throne of the Master of the Military Order of Avis. …”
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